saw knife similar too it with the exposed steel rare in damscus, layering looks like over seas stuff from indo/maylasia pins look like the wood was not stablized well so i would guess it is old or maker was not that good - but is very nice. odd spot for makers mark - i look at knives all day long.
i would guess it is newbie, who used a blank but i could 100% wrong and it is worth 100k!
pretty generic sheath too - deer stamp - again it is nice. i would buy it but then that why i got way too many stupid knives
look at makers of viking type knives - my guess
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